Emily Brelin is not the average young teen that she appears to be. Abducted as a child by a rogue general, she was trained in the arts of espionage. However, she had escaped that life and found friendship with a sympathetic professor. Now her sole benefactor and friend was dead. Emily has vowed to fulfill the professor’s deathbed wish and consider adoption with Officer Victoria Tacket, but complications ensue. Emily hits the streets of the golden city bent on finding redemption and eluding recapture by the malevolent general, who wants to regain Emily and the special gifts that she possesses for his own sinister purpose.
Out of the Shadows, contains nice mystery, adventure and imaginative plot along with an interesting and dynamic lead character. The persecuted underdog endowed with unique skills and cloaked with superpowers is always a fun read. However, this 167-page serial novel, the first of seven, will require reading the following six installments to complete the story.
Age Range: 11 and up
Genre: Science Fiction
Series: The Tacket Secret, Book 1 of 7
Dad and Me Publishing, 2017
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